Five Films / Timelapse of a lightning storm at night, Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda, April 2014.

Five Films / Timelapse of a lightning storm at night, Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda, April 2014.

Christophe Courteau / Winter storm at the Pointe du Raz in Finistere, with the Vieille Lighthouse in the background, Brittany, France, January 2014

Ingo Arndt / Wind storm in Fortuna Bay area, South Georgia, February 2011

Ingo Arndt / View from Margaret Knoll lookout of sunset and rain clouds over the Indian Ocean and the east coast of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory, December 2009.

Ingo Arndt / Waves crashing against ice cliffs of iceberg off the southern tip of South Georgia Island in wind storm, Southern Ocean, Antarctic Convergence, November 2008

Gavin Hellier / Timelapse of clouds swirling around the Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2011.

Mark Taylor / Waves breaking against sea wall and cliffs, Seaford, Sussex, England, UK, 15th February 2014.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Rough seas during Storm 'Ruth', Ile d'Ouessant, Armorique Regional Park, Iles du Ponant, Finistere, Brittany, France, Iroise Sea. 8th February 2014. France, Bretagne, Finistere, Mer d'Iroise, Iles...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Large waves crash into Le Guilvinec during Storm 'Petra', Finistere, Brittany, France. 5th February 2014. France, Bretagne, Finistere, Le Guilvinec, Tempete "Petra", le 5 fevrier 2014.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Massive wave crashing into Lesconil during Storm 'Petra', Finistere, Brittany, France. 5th February 2014. France, Bretagne, Finistere, Lesconil, Tempete "Petra", le 5 fevrier 2014.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Rough seas at d'Ar-Men lighthouse during Storm 'Ruth', Ile de Sein, Armorique Regional Park. Iles du Ponant, Finistere, Brittany, France, Iroise Sea. 8th February 2014. France, Bretagne, Finistere,...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Rough seas at Nividic lighthouse during Storm 'Ruth', Ile d'Ouessant, Armorique Regional Park, Iles du Ponant, Finistere, Brittany, France, Iroise Sea. 8th February 2014. France, Bretagne, Finister...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Rough seas during Storm 'Ruth', Ile d'Ouessant, Armorique Regional Park. Iles du Ponant, Finistere, Brittany, France, Iroise Sea. 8th February 2014. France, Bretagne, Finistere, Mer d'Iroise, Iles...

Benoit Stichelbaut / Rough seas at Creac'h lighthouse during Storm 'Ruth', Ile d'Ouessant, Armorique Regional Park, Iles du Ponant, Finistere, Brittany, France, Iroise Sea. 8th February 2014. France, Bretagne, Finister...

Will Watson / Large hail stones falling during a storm, Herefordshire, England, UK, December.

Benjamin Barthelemy / Thawing alpine lake, Vanoise National Park, Rhne-Alpes, France, June.

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Impala (Aepyceros melampus) herd in a storm, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Laurent Geslin / Sandstorm, Sossulvei, Namibia

Theo Bosboom,Theo Bosboom / Gulls, predominantly Iceland gulls (Larus glaucoides) flying above stormy ocean near Vik, Iceland, March 2012.

Felicity Lanchester,Felicity Lanchester / Cloud iridescence forming above a cumulonimbus cloud, caused by light refraction through individual water droplets and ice crystals at high altitude, Sierra Leone.

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanu) adult in flight against stormy seas. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September.

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanu) coming into land with stormy seas behind, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September. Highly Commended in the Coastal and Marine category of the BWPA Awards 2015

Bence Mate / Sky lit by cloud-cloud lightning, with electricity pylon, Hungary, July 2006

Bence Mate / Forked lightning across horizon at night, with mixed flock of birds, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, July 2006

Bence Mate / Forked lightning across horizon, with mixed flock of birds, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, July 2006

Bence Mate / Lightning across lake, with mixed flock of birds, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, July 2006

Juergen Freund / Banana farm after Cyclone Yasi, Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, February 2011

Mark MacEwen / Fishermen in boats on river during monsoon rain, Sundarbans, Bangladesh, September 2011. No release available.

Florian Möllers / Arctic expedition cruiseship M/S Stockholm in heavy sea and gale winds at Sarkapp (South Cape), Svalbard, Norway, July 2012

David Tipling / King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group huddled together in storm, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, November

Niall Benvie / Snow squall falling on coastal mountains. Tortenberget across Ballesvika, Senja, Norway, February 2012.

Niall Benvie / Snow squall falling on coastal mountains. Tortenberget across Ballesvika, Senja, Norway, February 2012.

Pascal Tordeux / Walnut (Juglans regia) in field of ripe barley before a storm, Ribemont, Picardy, France.

Ross Hoddinott / Vehicle tracks in field of ripe Barley, farmland, late evening light, near Putford, Devon, UK. August 2012.

David Noton / Footpath / track through a field of barley under stormy sky, near Plush, Dorset, UK June 2012

Markus Varesvuo / Common Raven (Corvus corax) huddled down amidst snow storm, Utajarvi Finland, February

Floris van Breugel / Winter snowstorm with frost covered trees , Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, February 2012.

Christophe Courteau / Four lighthouse at night in stormy weather, Brittany, France

Christophe Courteau / Audierne Bay in storm at low tide, Brittany, France

Steven Kazlowski / Dall sheep (Ovis dalli) solitary animal at sunset with a storm moving across the sky, Denali National Park, interior Alaska, USA

Andy Trowbridge / Moody sky over stoney beach, with mountains just visible in the background, Kaikoura, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. September, 2006.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / A bassari child holding out hands to collect rainwater, Bassari country, east Senegal. This area became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2012, for cultural landscape and traditions kept by the the Bas...

David Pattyn / Stormy coastal landscape with heavy rainfall approaching the coast in very windy conditions with cacti at the edge of the beach, Marao peninsula, Bahia, Brazil, August 2010

Sandra Bartocha / Dark clouds, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, June

Roy Mangersnes / Storm over the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, lightning sstrikes are the predominant cause of bush fires, Botswana, November

Jack Dykinga / Sand storm cutting across the Mesquite Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California, USA 2010

Jack Dykinga / Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Park with severe storm clouds at sunset amid vast grassland, South Dakota, USA

Merryn Thomas / Looking out over Round Island Lighthouse on a stormy day on St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly, UK, January 2012.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Bales of Barley straw on arable farmland, Scotland, UK

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Established saltmarsh with Common sea lavender (Limonium vulgare) growing on saltmarsh, Abbotts Hall Farm Nature Reserve, Essex, UK, July

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / View of regenerated saltmarsh landscape around Abbots Hall Farm Nature Reserve at high tide, providing both a rich wildlife habitat and greater flood protection from sea level rise, Essex, England, UK...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Common sea lavender (Limonium vulgare), Abbotts Hall Farm Nature Reserve, Essex, England, UK, July 2011

Benoit Stichelbaut / Waves crashing around Ar-Men Lighthouse (37 metres) in the Sein channel, Finistère, Brittany, France. December 2007.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Waves crashing around Ar-Men Lighthouse (37 metres) in the Sein channel, Finistère, Brittany, France. December 2007.

Brent Stephenson / Waves crashing on a massive iceberg. Drake Passage, near the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, January.

Brent Stephenson / A rough and windy day in the Drake Passage with Force 9+ beaufort scale conditions. Drake Passage, South Atlantic, January.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Swirling foam patterns in the River Sligachan, with Marsco in background, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, October 2010

Sven Zacek / Waves crashing onto beach rock under dark clouds. Hiiumaa Island, Estonia, Europe, August 2011.

Ernie Janes / Coastline with pier and groynes from Overstrand to Cromer with storm clouds overhead, Norfolk, UK, July 201

Ernie Janes / Three fishing boats wrecked on the coast in winter storms, Pembrokeshire, UK,

David Welling / Lightning from a summer monsoon thunderstorm flashes over natural rock bridge, Bryce Canyon NP, Utah, USA, August 2010. NOT AVAILABLE FOR CARDS OR CALENDARS.

Ernie Janes / Storm clouds building up off coasts of Norfolk, Weybourne Cliffs, Norfolk, UK, November

Jeff Wilson / Royal Navy ship, HMS Endurance, crashing through the waves in the south atlantic ocean, Antarctica, November 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Ernie Janes / Rainbow over field of Daffodils (Narcissus sp) grown for the commercial market, Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK, March

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dramatic 'Undulatus asperatus' cloud formation as a storm builds at dawn over Qaanaaq, Inglefield Bay. Northwest Greenland, September 2008. This cloud formation was first proposed as a new type of clo...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / View from Stac Polliadh with double rainbow and rain clouds over Cul Mor, Coigach, Highland, Scotland, November. Photographer quote: "Standing on a rain lashed and windswept mountain side all morning...

Juergen Freund / Lightning storm over the Australian outback at dusk. Queensland, Australia, February 2008

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / European storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) in flight over Irish sea off Pembrokeshire coast, Wales, UK, August 2010

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Harvester" powering through huge waves while operating in the North Sea. Europe, January 2009. Property released.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Ocean Pioneer" nearing Fraserburgh Harbour, with waves crashing against the harbour wall. Scotland, February 2011.

Orsolya Haarberg / Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) walking through snowstorm, Vadso, Varanger, Finnmark, Norway, February 2006

Merryn Thomas / Kilt Rock and Loch Mealt waterfall under stormy skies in the morning, bassalt columns visible. Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Scotland. September 2010.

Andrew Parkinson / Blackbird (Turdus merula) male foraging on snow covered ground, during a blizzard. Derbyshire, UK. January (non-ex)

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Harvester" heading to North Sea fishing grounds in stormy weather. Europe, November 2010. Property released.

Christophe Courteau / Clouds during the rainy season in the Kalahari Desert, Botswana, March 2009

Guy Edwardes / Ruppell's Griffon Vulture (Gyps rueppellii) flying against storm clouds, coming in to land on carcass Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa, February

Philippe Clement / Lightning during thunderstorm above petrochemical industry seen through magnifying glass held against illuminated globe of the earth Digital composite

Philippe Clement / Lightning during thunderstorm above petrochemical industry inside incandescent lamp / bulb against black background. Digital composite

Philip Stephen / Wave breaking as it hits shoreline at Peterhead, Scotland, September 2010.

Philip Stephen / Fishing vessel "Ocean Harvest" in huge waves on the North Sea, September 2010. Property released.

Graham Eaton / Great Black-backed Gulls (Larus marinus) flying over the sea in a storm, near St Tudwals Islands, Cardigan Bay, Wales, May 2009.

Michele Westmorland / Conch (Strombidae) shell on tropical beach with stormy clouds in distance, Provodenciales, Turks and Caicos, Caribbean. June 2007

Anup Shah / Rainstorm clouds over Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March 2009.

Orsolya Haarberg / Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) snowed in in snow storm, Dovre-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Sor-Trondelag, Norway, March, HIGHLY COMMENDED: Animals in their Environment, Wildlife Photographer of the Year...

David Woodfall / Severn Estuary at ebb tide in rainstorm. This habitat is potentially threatened by proposed tidal barrage. England, UK April 2010

Nick Garbutt / Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) flying over rugged coast near Stromness, South Georgia, South Atlantic. January (digitally altered image)

Pete Oxford / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) in flight with storm clouds, Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America

Aflo / Y-10805 Forked lightning racing across sky at night

David Tipling / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) sitting out blizzard in stubble field, Norfolk, England January

Alan Watson / Storm clouds approaching over tropical rainforest growing on limestone island, Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic, Caribbean, October 2009

David Woodfall / Dark monsoon rain clouds over the Pasur river, Ganges delta, Bangladesh, November 2008

Paul Hobson / Common european toad (Bufo bufo) sheltering under toadstool from rain, wild toad in controlled conditions, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK

Benoit Stichelbaut / Waves crashing around Ar-Men Lighthouse (37 metres) in the Sein channel, Finistère, Brittany, France. December 2007.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Waves crashing around Ar-Men Lighthouse (37 metres) in the Sein channel, Finistre, Brittany, France. December 2007.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Rain shower approaching La Vieille lighthouse, Pointe du Raz, Brittany, France. November 2006.